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• Bible Outline
• Chronology

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Online Reading

• Judaism 101 by T. Rich
• www.jewfaq.org
• www.jewfaq.org
• Go to table of contents,
• In Words section, read Torah.
• All of Life Cycle section.

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Sacred Foundations

• Patriarchs
• Who were they?
• Exodus
• How is this central to Jewish belief?
• Exile / Restoration
• How is this central to Jewish belief?

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Second temple period

• 538 to 70 CE
• Biblical Texts
• Emphasis on texts grew.

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DIASPORA.

• 2nd Temple Period Ends 70 CE Failure of
  rebellion against Rome.
• HOW TO BE JEWISH WITHOUT JUDAH AND THE TEMPLE?
• Hillel and Shammai looked for answers

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Post-70 CE

• Judaism reforms under leaders authorized by Rome
• Rabbis scholars of sacred text, preserve and
  interpret tradition, innovate.
• Older emphasis on texts grows as the basis of
  Jewish life.

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Rabbinic Judaism

• The kind of Judaism formulated by the Rabbis of
  the first several centuries of the Common era.
• Emphasis on sacred text and tradition.

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Rabbinic Judaism

• Centres on the development of ritual, tradition,
  and ethics from the Rabbinic discussions about
  the Gods revelation to Moses.

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Rabbinic Judaism isJudaism of the 2 Torahs

• The inherited Torah-scrolls that open the Bible
  is the Written Torah
• The recorded teaching and discussions of the
  ancient Rabbis is the Oral Torah.

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Persistence of Rabbinic Judaism

• Rabbinic Judaism developed over centuries by the
  600s the main texts of the Oral Torah were
  complete the Talmud.
• Rabbinic Judaism was the predominant form of
  Judaism until the 1800s when it underwent
  serious challenges from modernity.

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Main Jewish denominations now

• Orthodox (closest to Rabbinic Judaism)
• Hasidic Judaism, part of Orthodox
  Ultra-Orthodox
• Reform
• Conservative
• Reconstructionist
• Zionist

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Jewish Distribution, 1997
N. Am. 6 mill Israel 4.6 mill S. Am.
1.2 mill Russia 0.7 mill Africa 0.3
mill Oceania 0.9 mill Canada
330,000 Calgary ca. 6000 Edmonton ca. 5000
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Jewish Beliefs

• One God
• YHWH hwhy
• Name is NOT to be pronounced.
• Adonai LORD is pronounced when YHWH is
  encountered in biblical texts.
• HaShem The Name is often found in prayerbooks
• G-d is sometimes written.

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Shema Prayer www.jewfaq.org/prayer/shema.htm

• Begins
• Hear, Oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is
  One
• Most important prayer in Judaism. Quotes from the
  Bible.

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Principles of Faith

• Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (1135-1204)
• RAMBAM
• Moses Maimonides
• Determined 13 principles to be the core beliefs
  of Judaism.

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13 Principles http//jewfaq.org/beliefs.htm

• 1 God exists
• God is one and unique
• God is incorporeal
• God is eternal
• Prayer is to be directed only to God

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13 Principleshttp//jewfaq.org/beliefs.htm

• The words of the prophets are true
• Moses's prophecies are true, Moses was the
  greatest prophet
• The Written Torah (first 5 biblical books) and
  Oral Torah (Talmud and other writings) were given
  to Moses.
• There will be no other Torah

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13 Principles http//jewfaq.org/beliefs.htm

• God knows peoples thoughts and deeds
• God will reward the good punish the wicked
• Messiah will eventually come
• The dead will be resurrected.

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Jewish Bible Tanakh

• Torah Instruction
• Neviim Prophets
• Kethuvim Writings
• http//www.jewfaq.org/torah.htm

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Torah

• 5 Books of Moses Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
  Numbers Deuteronomy.
• Pentateuch
• Same in all Bibles, Jewish, Christian

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Torah scroll

• 5 books written on a single scroll
• Ritual centre of Synagogue life.

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Jewish Bibles

• Different Versions in very early period
• Masoretic Text MT (standard since 2nd century
  CE)
• Hebrew and a little Aramaic

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Prophets

• Former P. History Books
• Latter P. Books of Prophecy
• Often poetic
• Attributed to named individuals

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Writings Everything else

• Wisdom Literature
• Poetry / songs of Praise
• More history books

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Ark in Krakow
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Bimah in Krakow
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Simhat Torah.
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Jewish Tradition

• Oral Torah describes Halakhah (to Walk), Jewish
  Law or the proper way of life as understood by
  the great Rabbis.
• Civil, Family morals
• Ritual and other religious traditions.

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Halakhah

• Discussed at great length in Oral Torah.
• Oral Torah huge collection of books
• MISHNAH
• TALMUD
• Continuous tradition of talking about tradition

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What does Halakhah regulate?

• What happens you are born to when you die
• What you do when wake up to when you go to sleep
• Weekly
• Annual

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Sabbath / Shabbat